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Summary

A field system of medieval or post-medieval origin is visible as cropmark and earthwork banks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1978 and partially visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The boundaries probably passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• MORPH: DE.124.54.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The banks do not correspond to any features depicted on the map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158/Part 3, NMR RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158/Part 3 5202-5204 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350761.

Map object partly based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78038, NMR OS/78038 324-326 10-MAY-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349082.

Map object partly based on this source.

Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.

A fragmentary ordered, rectilinear linear system, 'field' size on average 222m by 50m. Visible as cropmark and earthwork banks and interpreted as the relict field boundaries of a medieval or later field system. Mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1978 and 1946.

Knight, S., 2012, Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV350734.

The banks do not correspond to any features depicted on the Tithe map and their use therefore probably predates the mid nineteenth century.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.

Two linear banks, one orientated east-west and one orientated north-south, are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The earthworks are situated on a west facing slope to the east of Upcott Cross and do not correspond with any features depicted on historic maps, however the north-south orientated bank aligns with a field boundary to the immediate north. The historic landscape is characterised as rough ground and is depicted as unimproved or rough ground from the late 19th to the mid-late 20th century.
The earthwork banks are interpreted as medieval to post-medieval field boundaries that passed out of use by circa 1840. The banks were transcribed as part of the 2020-2021 Tamar/Lidar project.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)

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